Elvis' Christmas Album - Elvis Presley

Elvis’ Christmas Album, the first of two seasonal LPs released by The king, came just four albums into his career in 1957. Following countless reissues, it’s since become one of the biggest selling Christmas albums of all time, and was always going to be a front-runner in this poll.

Elvis’ country-tinged, gospel-inspired take on carols and festive staples were, and still are, a breath of fresh air from the familiar croonings of the Rat Pack et all, but they weren’t a hit with everyone. In fact, Irving Berlin called Elvis’ cover of White Christmas a “profane parody of his cherished yuletide standard.” Ouch...